The east wind held, the Bay of Biscay was calm, and after a rapid voyage they sighted the high lands of Spain ahead.

Then they sheered to the west till they rounded its extremity and then sailed down the coast of Spain.

They put into a river for provisions, and the natives assembled in great numbers on the banks with the evident intention of opposing a landing; but upon Egbert shouting that they were not Danes but Saxons, and were ready to barter for the provisions they required, the natives allowed them to approach.
There was no wrangling for terms.

Cattle were purchased, and the water-tanks filled up, and a few hours after entering the river the Dragon was again under way.

Rounding the southern point they followed the land.